Automobile-bonnet.



M. F. HARRIS.

AUTOMOBILE BONNET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 55, 1912.

PatentedSept. 16, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANOORAPN (20., WASHINGTON, D. c.

trains eaters Penna prion."

MARY FRANCES HARRIS, or cARrIIAen, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF T0WILLIAM DABNEY LEWIS, or OARTHAGE, ILLINOIS.

AUTOMOBILE-B 0N NET.

Patented Sept. 16, 1913. 718,626.

To all whom. it may concern; I I p Y j '{Be it known that I, MARYFRANCES HAR- IRIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Carthage,in the county of Hancock and State of Illinois,have invented certain new"and '.useful Improvements in Automobileroad without mussing ordisarranging the the like.

Bonnets, of which the following is a specification. m b This inventionrelates generally to I womans bonnets, and more particularly to bonn'etsadapted to be used in motoring and One of the principal the invention isto provide a bonnet forusein automobiling which will be attractiveinappearance, and which will edectively tect the hair from the dustanddirtof the same. 7

Another object of the invention is toprovide "means for effectivelysecuring a veil to the bonnet in such manner that it may be. let downover the face. ofthe wearer 0r lifted and folded back therefrom as maybe desired without the use of pins or other auxiliary fastening meanswhich may be lost or disarranged by the movement of the car as ittravels over rough roads.

A further object of the invention is to. provide a bonnet for use inmotoring and the like which will'effectively protect the: face of thewearer from the sun, and which, when such protectionis not needed, maybe easily arranged to cover merely the hair ofthe wearer.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an automobilebonnet which while accomplishing-the hereinbefore mentioned and otherobjects may be made of washable material, and which may be v tucked awayin a grip or pocket without; damage to the bonnet.

Further aims and advantages of the invention will be apparent as itisbetter un-: derstood from the following description, which taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing illustrates one preferredembodiment thereof.

m theposition it assumes when folded back from the face of the wearer;Fig. 2 is a similar view with the veil let down in front to protect theface of the wearer 5 Fig. 3

' vizor 11.

pro-

I cient size to of the vizor,

' to permit them to is a side elevation showing the vizor unfolded toprovide a shade for the face and eyes of the wearer, and Fig. 4: is asectional view on the line 4% of Fig. 1. p

The bonnet embodying my invention which is illustrated on the drawing isformed of a hood 10 to which is secured a vizor ll normally carrying aveil 12. The hood 10 is preferably composed of a single p ece of clothgathered at its edge 10 and sewed or otherwise suitably fastened to theThe lower edge of this piece is folded back and sewed to form a hemthrough which a draw-string or elastic 13 is disposed which is fastenedat its ends to the ends -l4: of the vizor. The piece of cloth formingthe hood is preferably of thin closely woven texture, and of suffipermitit to loosely cover the hair of the wearer. The vizor is preferablymaterially stiffer than the fabric forming the hood, and may be formedby sewing together with a number of lines of stitching a suflicientnumber of pieces of the material used in forming the hood. This vizorshould, however be sufficiently flexible to permit it to fold readily,as will be presently described. Adjacent the inner edge and in thepresent embodiment shown at 15 as stitched therebeneath, are secured aplurality of tabs 16 preferably of cloth, three such tabs being shown onthe drawing. The vizor is given a sufiicient width, asis probablybestseen in Fig. 3, to permit it to extend well over the face and eyes ofthewearer to protect them from the sun. Running lengthwise of the vizor isprovided a folding line or crease 17 upon which the vizor is adapted tobe folded whenthis protection from the sun is not desired. The tabs areof appropriate length have their free ends fastened to the vizorinwardly of and adjacent this-folding line, andto this end hooks 18 areprovided upon the ends of the tabs and eyes 18 upon the vizor, it beingobvious however that various other fastening means may be utilized forthe purpose. Beneath the vizor and upon the other side of the foldingline are provided similar fastening means 19 to which the ends of thetabs may be secured when the vizor is folded back as shown in Figs. 1, 2and 4. The tabs 16 are adapted to extend over and secure in position theveil 12 which noranally extends across the top of the vizor with itsends 21 depending as shown in Fig. 1, these ends being adapted to betied either behind the neck or under the chin of the wearer to aid inretaining the bonnet v in position. Under ordinary circumstances,

tain the portion 22 of the vizor' located outwardly of the folding line17 in folded back position,- or this portion may be merely folded backabove the veil when it is-secured in place by engagement of the ends ofthe tabs with the eyes 18.

The front edge of the veil 12 may be let down to cover the face of thewearer by CllS- engaging the end of the central tab from its fasteningmeans 18 or 19, depending upon whether the viZor is in folded .orextended position, and pulling down the edge of the veil over the faceof the wearer. The tabs 16 located adjacent the ends of the viz'or stillembracing the veil will retain it in position as shown in Fig. 2, thesetabs permitting this operation to be performed without necessitating theuntying of the ends of the veil and without danger of disarranging thebonnet or other parts of the veil. The portion of. the veil thus letdown before the face of the wearer may be re placed upon the vizor bymerely reversing the operation, 2'. 6., lifting the veil into place andreengaging the central tab with its fastening means 18 or 19. It will beapparent also that when a bonnet made in pursuance of my invention istied in position by the ends of the veil that the; draw-string orelastic running about the base of the hood will cooperate with the inneredge of the veil to cause the bonnet to fit snugly about the head of thewearer Where the draw-string or elastic and this portion of the vizortouch the wearer and that the remaining portion of the head will be freefrom oppressive contact with the hood which would tend to muss ordisarrange thehair of the wearer. Itwill be obvious that var1ous changes.may be made in the form andarrangement of the parts of this inventionwithout departing from its spirit or scope, or sacrificing' any of theadvantages thereof, the form hereinbefore described being merely onepreferred embodiment thereof.

I elaim: t

1. An automobile bonnet comprising a hood, an extensible 'vizor securedthereto,

a veil disposed over the said viiorfandmeans for detachably securing theveil to the vizor When the said vizor is in both contracted and extendedpositions.

.2. An automobile bonnet comprising a hood, a vizor secured tothe saidhood and folded upon itself and adapted to be unfolded to provide asunshade, and means for retaining the vizor in folded posit1on.

An automobile bonnet comprising a hood, a vizor secured to the saidhoodand folded upon itself and adapted to be unfolded to provide asunshade," posed over thevi'aor having depending ends adapted to be tiedtogether. to secure the bonnetin' position upon the'head of the wearer,and means An automobile bonnet comprising a hood, a vizor .foldeduponitself secured to the said hood and adapted to be unfolded.

to provide a sunshade, Land a plurality 'of tabs secured adj acent theinner edg'e of the a veil disfor retaining'ytheyeil' o V in position'upon the-vizorwhenthe'latter isinbothextended and folded positions; V

said vizor adapted to extend over the folded-over portion of the vizorto retainthe same in folded position. r

5. An automobile bonnet comprisinga hood, a-vizor secured to the'saidbonnet,-a tab Orr-opposite sides of thebonnet secured to one edge'ofithe vizor'and adapted to be detachably engaged to the other edge, aveil disposed over the viz'or. and detachably held in place by means; orthetabs, and a tab secured to the bonnet and teen edge of the viz'orintermediate its ends '{and' adapted to be detachably secured to theother edge'to retain the veil within the edge of the vizor or topermitit to be disposed before'the face of the wearer asmay be desired.

6. An automobile bonnet com rising a hood, a vizor secured to. the saidhood and adapted to be folded upon ltself,'tabs secured said vizor, aveil dis osed over the said viz'or, a set of means for securing, thefreeends of at an end to the inner edge of the the said tabs to, the'vizorbeyond 7 the said tellwhenthe vizor'is in unfolded f position, and a-setof similar means secured to the saidviZor to permit .the tabs torefolded.

tain theyeil in position when the vizor is 7. An automobilebonnetcomprising a V hood, a v'izor folded upon itself nd secured to the saidhood, avail, a plurality of tabs secured adjacent the junction of thesaid hood and vizor, and a plurality of fastening means secured to thesaid viz'or adapted to engage the ends of the tabs to retainthe veil inpositi n whenthe vizor is in folded unfolded position.

8. An automobile bonnet comprising a hood, a vi'zor secured to the saidhood nd folded upon itself and adapted to unfold to provide sunshade, aveil disposed over the vizor, and common means for retaining the vizorWhen the Vizor is in folded and unveil in position upon the VlZOI andthe vizor folded position and for securing the said 10 in foldedposition. vizor in folded position.

9. An automobile bonnet COIDPIlSlII a hood, 2 vizor secured to said hoodand MARY FRANCES HARRIS adapted to be unfolded to provide a sun-Witnesses: shade, a Veil and a, common means for se- BUELAH BOWMAN,curing the said Veil in position upon the Rome BABCOOK.

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